Millennium Interactive

Millennium Interactive was a Cambridge-based company responsible for titles such as Rome: Pathway to Power, The Adventures of Robin Hood, James Pond, Defcon 5, Deadline and most notably, Creatures. The original MediEvil began development prior to Millennium's acquisition by Sony.

Millennium Interactive
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Type	Video game developer / publisher
Founded	1988
Founder(s)	Michael Hayward, Tony Beckwith, Ian Saunter, one other
Defunct since	July 4th, 1997
Headquarters	Cambridge, United Kingdom
Key people	Michael Hayward, Ian Saunter, Toby Simpson, Steve Grand, Chris Sorrell
Products	James Pond, Creatures

History

Millennium Interactive was founded by Michael Hayward, Tony Beckwith, Ian Saunter and one other sometime in 1988. .

In 1993, Steve Grand began developing a project based on artificial life. .

In November 1994, Cyberlife was set up to build products around Steve Grand's concepts of artificial life. By November of 1996, there were 10 people in this department.

On July 4th, 1997, the Millennium development studio, along with several of the projects in development, were sold to Sony Computer Entertainment for £6 million and renamed to SCE Cambridge Studio. This allowed Sony to acquire MediEvil.

Games

• Kid Gloves (1990)
• Cloud Kingdoms (1990)
• James Pond: Underwater Agent (1990)
  File:James Pond in-game screenshot (Amiga).png

  A screenshot from James Pond.
• Manix (1990)
• Resolution 101 (1990)
• Thunderstrike (1990)
• Warlock: The Avenger (1990)
• Yolanda: The Ultimate Challenge (1990)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1991)
  File:Advrobinhood.png

  A screenshot from The Adventures of Robin Hood.
• Horror Zombies from the Crypt (1991)
• James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod (1991)
• Moonshine Racers (1991)
• Stormball (1991)
• The Aquatic Games (1992)
• Global Effect (1992)

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External links

• website (archived version)
• Millennium at Creatures Wikia